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On shipping smaller PRs
Small PRs ship faster - QED
Order matters - making a compound index 50x faster
Dear Editor: We need better Database Observability
3 reasons traces are better than metrics for debugging your application
Tests you love to read, write and change
Automated telemetry capture via Python bytecode modification
That time PostgreSQL said "no thanks, I don't need your index"
Solving like Sherlock: A 15 minute case with Observability
Observability improvements for the curious newcomer - Part 1
The story behind Wave's boring Monetization release
Dear manager of the employee with Imposter Syndrome
Cascading failures and the impossibility of scheduling team lunches
Two important lessons I learned rolling out a new platform feature
How I keep my work life organized with Notion
Can a good explanation really prevent a prod incident?
You don't always need a queue
Testing implementation details is usually a bad idea